St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
HOW ARDS LETTER.
THE MAN WHO CARRIES WESTERN
UNION ON HIS BACK.

DR.. NOryin Green's Interesting PERSONAL
1ty-The Man from Kentucky Who Went
to New York to Stay-A Funny Insurance
Incident-The Fashion in Disease.
Although there are thousands Of homes
in the city of New York where the sight
of a telegram causes CONSERVATION, appre-
hension and wonder, the generation, as a
whole, are so accustomed to sending and
receiving messages by wire that they re-
gard it as a something natural and
normal about which there is nothing odd,
unique or strange, very much as they do
palace cars, croton water, gas and cleo
tricity to be lighted with ease.
| was standing on the steps Of the
Aston House about five minutes ago
when an elderly gentleman, with a
literary stoop," carrying in his mouth a
half-smoked cigar, leisurely assembled the
steps, and, arm in arm with a friend,
passed into the great rOtunda. Although
everybody Whereabouts knew him, he
spoke to none and bowed to but few.
While he stood at a counter refreshing
the inner man with some kind of medi-
cine that had an Odorous herb in it a
curious group looked at him. He APP
peared to be about sixty years of age,
his eyes clear and bright and penetrating.
An expression Of perfect content with
himself and all the world rested upon
his pleasant features, and a smile sat upon
his lips, even after he had wiped them.
In few moments he and his friend
walked leisurely back upon the street,
hailed coupe and drove off up town.
Of all the respectable men of sixty
years of age, with a literary stoop, and
fond of medicine with herbs in it who
live and move and have their being in
and about this great city of New Iork,
this man most naturally attracts atten-
ton, and is the cause Of gossip and COM
upon his broad shoulders the powers and
responsibilities, the cares and the details
of the management of the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
from Kentucky; but, wherever he came
from, he came to stay.
Whatever may be the merits or de-
merits of a discussion pro or con the
credit of this great organization, what
ever may be the facts concerning its
stock or the fluctuations in its price,
i have yet to find or to hear of a man or
a critic tho had word to say against
the character, the mental acumen, the
physical energy or the inexhaustible re-
sources of President Green.
He deals with large masses of men as
generals deals with armies.
He meets with electricians upon a
plane of intelligence, and discusses with
them problems which would puzzle the
ordinary expert. He explores new fields
for enterprise with the Zest and enthu-
siasm of a professional surveyor. He eX-
plains to holders of vast blocks of the
property in his control the difficulties
and embarrassments in the way of
brokers, satisfying them absolutely of
the validity of his enterprises and the
prosperity attending the company over
uosc utStiuN ut pltSileS.
DR.. Green is great man, even when
judged by the side of men universally
recognized as far above their associates
and fellows. That this great country is
too vast for the domination Of any one
company is truism which needs no ar
gument, and that other enterprises can,
will and do find favor with the popular
mind is evidenced by the success attend
ing the opposition companies, the Balti-
more and Ohio and the new Postal which
have now entered into direct and sensi-
BILE competition with the old monopoly.
DR.. Green differs very materially from
his predecessor, William orion. Both,
however, were men of the world, enjoy
ing the good things of life in their sea-
SON But the death of Orion and the
instant success of Green go to show how
utterly absurd it is for any man to sup
pose that his life or his existence has an
all-important bearing upon any of the
great enterprises of the day.
When orion died it was supposed the
Western Union Telegraph Company had
received a mortal blow almost; but if
Orion was suddenly to return to life
his great gray eyes would open with
amazement as they rested upon paper
statement of the business done by the
company and the vast area of which it
holds control Green is not only man
of business and vast enterprise, but he
is helpful, considerate, friendly person
to whom tens of thousands look for
guidance and opportunity to work.
One reason for his great endurance is
the ease with which he relieves his mind
of business strain.
When he leaves his office at four or
five o'clock in the afternoon, he leaves
behind him the worry and furry of his
most busy place. The calming, seducing
influence of good cigar leads him
gently from the plane of disturbance and
that huRy burly of competition toward
the level of peace and quiet, after which
a gentle stimulant restores his tired en-
ergies, and pleasant drive to the COM
forts which seclusion grants makes him
again a man ready for the thought and
toll and botherments of the morrow.
With his steady hand upon the helm the
great company of which he is the comp
troller and director, as we'll as president,
pushes proudly through the waves of
quite confident in its own
that it will receive its full share
of public favor in the future as it has so
many years in the past.
Green was telling me the other day
Ifo inc IN iHonf which